In the context of the changing needs of the professional forester market
and the reforms in European higher education, this study examined the
possible shortcomings in forestry university programmes. We compared the
views of 18 employers and 25 universities regarding European Master
education through a survey that examined 42 competencies. Generally,
employers and universities provided similar assessments regarding the
importance of competencies and the gap between their achievement in
higher education and the market needs. Environmental services, carbon
sequestration, and the ability to communicate with specialists and
non-specialists were competencies where both employers and universities
saw the greatest need for emphasis. Employers identified, as compared to
universities, greater gaps in bioenergy, products trade and marketing,
economics, and governance. Universities, in turn, placed a greater
emphasis on the importance of generic competencies such as capacity to
learn. These and other findings provide potential value for the
development of forestry curricula.

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